Commentary: Ralph Nader’s Fatal Flaw? He Thinks He’s the Only One Capable of Doing the Right Thing

By: Deborah Mathis

Without turning to a biography or sitting at an elder’s knee, readers of a certain age will know what the name Ralph Nader used to mean.

It meant trouble for corporate avarice, corporate chicanery and corporate irresponsibility. When Nader got on the case, the board rooms of America’s major manufacturers and peddlers had a headache on their hands. He not only knew how to raise hell and hang on; he was wildly effective. Nader and his network of young idealists called Nader’s Raiders made a positive difference for the common good.

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